Monday August 18, 2025 – After a full breakfast at the motel in Scranton headed out early to Simpson PA to ride the D&H Trail this is a 39 mile rail trail and runs north to the NY state …. I will not be doing those kind of miles – smiles.
Starting out northbound from Simpson the trail is a slight up and also has a bit of head wind as well… so it was a slow morning ride ! The temps have finally broken from hot and humid and needed a jacket for the ride. Took an hour to go 7.5 miles and decided to turn around to make a 15 miles ride in total. Trail was a nice wide cinder trail with view of the Lackawanna River.
The ride passed through the town of Forest City with a very nice parking area for trail. After the ride I headed to this parking area to make some coffee and second breakfast before heading back on the road. I was entrained by a college cross country team training that morning with a very colorful / funny coach. Nver did find out what school they were from.
Drove about 3 hours to Rome NY and Delta Lake State Park. Have 3 nights planned here. Got check in to the campground and set up the campsite. Good sized campsites… RV heaven here with each site having electricity. Rode my bike around the campground and the park beach area. Very nice park. There had been a drought in the area and the lake water levels where way down.
So glad the temps have broken to be cool, and clear skies…. so nice. Made dinner, cleaned up and jumped in the van early for the night. Plan is for bike ride on Erie Canalway Trail tomorrow, rain coming the day after.
Adventures of an AT Section hiker "Mapless" 